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Why Is Israel Destroying Lebanon?
By Patrick Seale
07/25/06 "Al-Hayat" 07/21/07 --- - Israel is waging a war of extermination in Lebanon. Without regard to the civilian population, it is seeking to destroy Hizballah, much as it has attempted over the past six months to destroy Hamas in the occupied Palestinian territories. It wants to root out these movements altogether. Its strategy in Lebanon seems to be to empty the south of its population, driving the Shi’ites out of their (…)

Israel’s wanton bombing of Lebanese civilians is an unequivocal war crime .
States are obliged to protect Lebanon, militarily if necessary, lest international law become a travesty.
If the Security Council won’t act, the General Assembly can and must.
Over 250 Lebanese civilians dead within a week, all murdered by the State of Israel. If the elected leaders of the states we, the people, compose do nothing about this, international society is nothing but illusion - camouflage and safety (…)

“Hell is empty, all the devils are here.” - William Shakespeare
Washington, D.C. - Close to 400 protesters showed up for a spirited demonstration on Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at the Israeli Embassy, 514 International Drive, NW, in the nation’s capital. They were there, despite the sweltering heat, to express their strong opposition to the ongoing barbaric conduct of the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Lebanon, as well as in Gaza. The IOF has given new meaning to the term “collective (…)

Cathy Garger http://mytown.ca/garger 25 July 2006
Dear United for Peace & Justice,
You have waged lame campaigns asking for action and money in the past, but this one absolutely takes the cake.
Once upon a time I thought you were only misguided and merely just out of your Cotton Pickin’ Mind. Now it’s beyond transparent that your obvious ineffectiveness indicates the existence of an organization that carefully selects its projects and campaigns as totally futile and lame - on (…)

July 25, 2006
Most Lebanese Now Know Who Their Real Tormentor Is Scenes from Beirut on the Eve of the Invasion By GEORGE BISHARAT
Eleven days ago, I walked through the familiar stone archway, descended steps worn smooth by the feet of others, and re-entered the paradise that is the American University of Beirut. It was my first trip back in 25 years. Here my father and four uncles were all endowed with the movable asset of education — enabling them to later flourish in the United States, (…)

The Anti-Empire Report Some things you need to know before the world ends July 22, 2006 by William Blum
The End Is Near, but first, this commercial.
There are times when I think that this tired old world has gone on a few years too long. What’s happening in the Middle East is so depressing. Most discussions of the eternal Israel-Palestine conflict are variations on the child’s eternal defense for misbehavior — "He started it!" Within a few minutes of discussing/arguing the latest (…)

Iraqi Death Toll Rises Above 100 Per Day, U.N. Says
New York Times http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/sf/nyt7_19_06_4.htm
July 19, 2006
Iraqi Death Toll Rises Above 100 Per Day, U.N. Says By KIRK SEMPLE
BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 18 - An average of more than 100 civilians per day were killed in Iraq last month, the United Nations reported Tuesday, registering what appears to be the highest official monthly tally of violent deaths since the fall of Baghdad.
The death toll, drawn from Iraqi (…)

BY KURT NIMMO
http://uruknet.info/?p=m25069&hd=0&size=1&l=f
July 25, 2006
After Israel bombed a U.N. shelter near Khiam, Lebanon, killing four observers, Daniel Ayalon, Israeli ambassador to the United States, had the audacity to tell Wolf Blizter of CNN he expects an apology from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan for complaining.
Of course, this is nothing new, as the Israelis routinely attack the United Nations and little if anything comes of such murderous crimes (…)

Bombing in Lebanon, invasion of Gaza, firing of rockets into Haifa and the north of Israel, chaos in Iraq, threats of war with Iran...
Against the generalised chaos in the Middle East, develop the camp of the workers !
The massive bombings and the ground invasion by Israel of Lebanon are a new stage towards a generalised chaos in the Middle East, adding new deaths, new suffering and new destruction in an area already touched by the chaos of the sectarian civil war in Iraq, the bombings (…)

Israel is planning for a "Long War" in Lebanon: Olmert tells Cabinet he expects campaign to ’take a very long time’
www.globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=2799
July 23, 2006 The Daily Star (Beirut)
BEIRUT: Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert said Sunday that the current Israeli offensive against Lebanon would "last a very long time," as he addressed a Cabinet meeting Sunday. According to a senior Israeli government official, Olmert said: "The diplomatic process will not come at (…)